scratchedadj.
/skratʃt/ 1. proverbial.1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iv. iii. sig. E2 Trueth is neuer without a scratcht face.1625 J. Robinson Ess. xxxiii, in Wks. (1851) I. 142 Truth goes with a scratched face, less or more.
a. In senses of the verb scratch v. scratched figure (Typography): A numeral figure with a slanting line drawn across it, used in printing examples of arithmetical operations involving cancelling. scratched blue = scratch blue n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > scratched or grazed
scratched1562
brushed1691
barked1884
grazed1890
rope-burned1897
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [adjective] > blemished > scratched
scratched1562
society > communication > printing > printed matter > printed character(s) > [noun] > cancelled numerical figure
scratched figure1770
scratch-figure1888
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > relief or incised decoration
bianco sopra bianco1856
pâte-sur-pâte1879
scratched blue1883
sprigging1906
rilling1923
scratch blue1924
stab-and-drag1931
rouletting1937
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > stoneware > types of
brownstone1761
ironstone china1814
stone-china1825
lava ware1860
grès de Flandres1872
queen's ware1872
Doulton ware1874
tiger-ware1874
scratched blue1883
Rhenish stoneware1897
protoporcelain1904
scratch blue1924
1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 68 With scratched face, and heare betorne.
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 256 Scratched figures..were used here in that Species of Arithmetic which is called Division.
1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 403/1 Scratched Figures..are frequently called canceled figures.
1883 L. M. E. Solon Art of Old Eng. Potter vi. 79 Some..processes deserve special attention. The ‘scratched blue’ for instance enjoyed a successful run.
1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 409 I purchased a small printing frame..and some scratched negatives from a local photographer.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 748/2 Scratched blue.., incised ornament on unbaked clay, sprinkled with cobalt glass, then fused in the kiln.
b. Sport. Withdrawn (from a race, etc.).
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [adjective] > other actions or types of play
short1545
standing1728
unpenetrative1795
loose1802
scratched1869
cannonball1872
scratchy1881
punishable1910
wrong-footing1928
open1934
overhead1938
power1959
run-and-gun1960
tight1961
1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. xix The peccant owner of the scratched animal.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
fou1535
nase?1536
full1554
intoxicate1554
tippled1564
intoxicated1576
pepst1577
overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant B 4 b For though hee be as drunke as any Rat, He hath but catcht a foxe... Or some say hee's bewitcht, or scratcht or blinde.
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adj.1562- of no effect
- of no emprise
- of no etc account
- of no family
- of no fixed address
- of no fixed residence
- of no less account
- of no little account
- of no mention
- of no name
- of no valure
- of no worth
- of no, great, small, etc, reputation
- of noble family
- of noble race
- of nonage
- of none effect
- of note
- of nothing
- of nought
- of number
- of obligation
- of office
- of old
- of old standing